她的神聖動物是獅子,城市是烏魯克(Uruk),又有「聖***之城」(town of the sacred courtesans)的稱號;她本神也是「諸神的名***」,以人類的理解來說,就是擁有開放的性關係。她讓人類與動物沉浸在***的幸福中,也將他們變成***的奴隸,喪失理智和判斷力而墜入悲慘的下場。吉爾加美什(Gilgamesh)深知伊西塔的愛之危險,拒絕她主動前來求歡而招致憤怒的報復;她的戀人植物神、牧人神塔穆茲(Tammuz)也曾因此被丟入死亡冥界。
◎ “Though I am a woman I am also a noble young man.”
◎ “Her coming forth is that of a hero…lordship and kingship he placed in her hand.”
◎ “When I take my stand at the rear of battle, verily I am the woman who comes and draws near. When I sit in the ale-house, I am a woman (but) verily I am an exuberant man…”
◎ "You have thrown into confusion those threads which have been ordered.
You organize those threads which bring confusion...
Inanna, you have destroyed what should not have been destroyed,
You have made what should not have been made."
另外要提的是,路西法和伊西塔同樣具有金星的神格,英國學者Lynn Picknett在她的著作《路西法的祕史》(The Secret History of Lucifer)一書裡,開宗明義就先強調路西法/金星和豐饒女神的關聯,並以此為出發點,闡述路西法作為一個光明形象隱含的其他正面意義,而不同於***教傳統中對撒旦的極惡註解。